SalarHaqq
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Either this plan goes in effect, we sit and stagnate, or capitulate to western demands and beg them to do the same that China would anyways.
Those demands include the dismantling of Iran into several "ethno"-states. Not the same as what China would offer.
That viewpoint has nothing to do with what I just said. Which is the actions that the Iranian government can take to improve its economy.
Last I checked mandatory hijab, cameras tracking who wears hijab, social media censorship, lack of economic reforms, lack of ease of doing business, strengthening contractual law, etc are all the decisions of an “independent” Iranian government, not any foreign powers.
Well, when you post the following:
It’s either we need to be North Korea or we need to be South Korea in peoples minds on here. Two extremists positions.
Protests went from once a decade to once every other year now. Last time some government officials broke rank with the main government position. Next time it will be worse. And the time after that. And after that.
This current path is a path to destruction, not salvation.
Iran has put all its eggs in the China superpower basket. That China will lead the new world order and that the dollar will become a shell of its former self.
That is one risky bet to make.
That wouldn't be entirely confined to domestic reforms, would it? From what I understand, the above quote includes a suggestion to improve ties with the west. Something you agreed won't be feasible unless Iran gave up her sovereignty and more.
Iran has been under “enhanced” energy and trade sanctions since 2008. Yet how come the currency finally devalued from 1100 toman in 2010 to 3000-4000 in 2015-2016 to nearly 50,000 in 2022/2023? The sanctions have virtually stayed the same. Thus sanctions cannot be the answer for all of Iran’s problems. Iranian officials themselves have admitted as much: problems with the economy and socioeconomic issues go far beyond just sanctions.
I concur with the notion that sanctions aren't the main reason for Iran's economic challenges, and that the actual issues ought to be sought at the domestic level. Although to me they do not reside in the dress code or the like, but in the dollarization of the Iranian economy. If the latter is lifted and inflation brought under control, people especially the working and middle class will become far less receptive to US-sponsored propaganda against sharia law.
What's with you guys and always drawing in absolutes. He is describing what could've have been. We already know what situation the country is in right now, and their is no turning back. He is 100% accurate in describing what Western designs for Iran are, but he is also correct, prior to the Islamic Revolution, we could have gone the Japan route instead of the revolutionary route and undoubtedly would have had a much more enriched country, likely producing several million barrels of oil per day, and having 100s of billions of dollars more in the country to create jobs, and increase overall economy, increase in exports and wealth generation.
And a much higher suicide rate (see Japan, Korea), and subservience to globalist elites whose ultimate goal is the foundation of a universal republic in which existing nations will be dissolved and thus, will cease to exist, a social order in which the family will gradually be abolished (since you mention the concern of Iranians for their children's well being) etc.
Assuming things would've been all rosy if the Revolution didn't occur (which again I'm highly doubtful of), what's the point of speculating about the outcome if the possibility of a return to pre-revolutionary conditions does not exist today?
Is it to reach the conclusion that it's understandable for the average Iranian to prioritize their material situation over anti-imperial Resistance? If you say so, but since abandoning Resistance won't exactly lead to prosperity but rather to the Libyan scenario, perhaps our most pressing duty would be to inform Iranians subjected to BBC and Zionist International propaganda about this reality.
That's all I'm saying.